Hi, We installed a Windows 2000 DC on 1 server and Active Integrated DNS also on the same server, for fault tolerance i installed an additional DC on the 2nd Server with same Active Directory Integarated DNS on it also. Then I installed MS Exchange 2000 Server on the 2nd DC, now active directory replication worked fine on both servers. Once i connected the 2nd server to my router and gave 1 Network Interface Card out of the 2 the public address and public DNS and Default Gateway the replication between the 2 servers stopped. Now I can send and recieve emails to and from other sites say hotmail, but the replication between servers fails. When i open Active Directory Sites and Services and click on replicate now an error occurs saying "RPC Server is not available and there may be a DNS lookup problem". The nslookup command shows the name of my ISPs DNS server. Now if I just remove the external DNS address from 1 NIC replication works. Hope this information is enough, please help me. Regards Shafiuddin
On Mon, 23 May 2005 20:54:01 -0700, "Shaf" hired a team of monkeys to write: >Hi, > >We installed a Windows 2000 DC on 1 server and Active Integrated DNS also on >the same server, for fault tolerance i installed an additional DC on the 2nd >Server with same Active Directory Integarated DNS on it also. Then I >installed MS Exchange 2000 Server on the 2nd DC, now active directory >replication worked fine on both servers. Once i connected the 2nd server to >my router and gave 1 Network Interface Card out of the 2 the public address >and public DNS and Default Gateway the replication between the 2 servers >stopped. Now I can send and recieve emails to and from other sites say >hotmail, but the replication between servers fails. >When i open Active Directory Sites and Services and click on replicate now >an error occurs saying "RPC Server is not available and there may be a DNS >lookup problem". The nslookup command shows the name of my ISPs DNS server. >Now if I just remove the external DNS address from 1 NIC replication works. >Hope this information is enough, please help me. Keep the external DNS server information out of the TCP/IP properties. Configure your DNS servers to perform referrals to the external DNS server as necessary. -- Chris Scharff Messaging Services Architect MessageOne Business Continuity That Makes Business Sense http://www.messageone.com/email-continuity/
